LittleEpsilon
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There is an ongoing criminal operation that I strongly believe requires public attention.
I am one of the victims, that lost his life savings, endangered family's safety and is in fear for his life due to inappropriate protection of information and regulation by SEC/FINRA and lack of action taken by the banks involved.
In March 2020 I was looking for a broker/investment advisor. After researching how to do so, I familiarized myself with SEC, FINRA and their guide how to avoid scam.
With an aid of brokercheck, adviserinfo and doing a general background check I finally decided to approach Ms. <Y> working for <some major bank>. Back then nothing arouse any suspicion. She had her own website, was active on social media and had her own LinkedIn account that matched the information posted on SEC and <some major bank>. Her IP, phone number and websites were in vicinity of <some major bank's> headquarters. She seemed professional, wrote and spoke impeccably, there was no pressure at all to invest and before transferring the funds, she presented Investment Strategy, contract form and asked me to register on various trading platforms like tradestation, eToro, CoinBase, Cex.io, which was an awfully long and detailed process.
Everything seemed as it should, I got my weekly updates on the stock market, regular contact was maintained and monthly 'profits' were withdrew, until one day I was awaiting for a scheduled phone call to overview the market but it never arrived. It seemed odd. After prolonged search of any evidence of misconduct I have found a trace on twitter that the personalized website Ms. <Y> was using is involved in a scam. Having this information I immediately called <some major bank>, where Ms. <Y> is working to share my finding. The answer I got shocked me, as they were well aware of this fact long before and the person I spoke to surely wasn't Ms. <Y>.
From there I contacted FINRA, where my case was first reviewed, then sent to SEC and CFTC due to lack of jurisdiction. In the meantime I informed law enforcement agencies and got in touch with the press. During the communication period with the reporter I have found out, that there are other SEC regulated brokers with stolen identity, each having their own personalized website, social media accounts and LinkedIn profiles. There were also traces of other criminal activity like fake banking and law firms, illegal pharmaceutical drugs, fake passports and documents and much more.
In the meantime, from the traces left by the scammer I have found that there are at least 20 SEC/FINRA regulated brokers that are impersonated. There are also fake charity organizations, law and banking firms and trading platforms. Not to mention the shady websites containing forged documents, drugs and firearms. I have reported all this to law enforcement agencies, financial regulators or even the banks themselves, where the real brokers are located.
Unfortunately to this day many of the websites are still active, with confirmed victim pool steadily rising.
I have managed to take down some websites, but they reappear under different address.
FINRA transferred my case to SEC and CFTC.
SEC informed me to supply the whistleblower form but after further inquiries I got response that they cannot confirm if the investigation is ongoing or even if it exists.
There is a person on twitter whom I contacted, highlighting this issue as can be seen here:
<redacted>
As for the fake websites, to give a sample:
<redacted>
One of the victims mentions part of this issue here:
<redacted>
The other victim whom I did contact got her pictures stolen, which she mentions here:
<redacted>
Naturally I am in possession of the documentation including correspondence with the impersonator, funds transfer, contract forms, fraudulent websites and appeal forms.
All of the brokers present on the websites are active, visible in SEC/FINRA database (like brokercheck and adviserinfo), work for the banks disclosed on the webpage and are regulated.
The problem is that I have been very cautious and did a great amount of research before concluding that I do speak to the real certified, regulated by SEC/FINRA broker and got caught straight into the scammers hands. They operate using legal banks and exchange platforms, faking government credentials and performing identity thefts, so one cannot even suspect wrongdoing.
I am really concerned about mine and my family's safety, considering the fact that this criminal organization breached (using SEC and FINRA credentials) our personal information data including phone numbers, e-mails, living address, names and identification documents.
Taking into account the continuing ruthless and unrestricted by law enforcement agencies act of this criminal group, I believe it is only a matter of time, when one of the accomplice will be knocking on our family's home doors.
I have not responded to any communication attempt, after figuring out who is calling. I am however uncertain if this course of action won't further upset the perpetrators.
How one should proceed forward in order to keep my family safe?
# I was unable to post with the direct links present (marked as redacted). I will gladly supply them when needed.
I am one of the victims, that lost his life savings, endangered family's safety and is in fear for his life due to inappropriate protection of information and regulation by SEC/FINRA and lack of action taken by the banks involved.
In March 2020 I was looking for a broker/investment advisor. After researching how to do so, I familiarized myself with SEC, FINRA and their guide how to avoid scam.
With an aid of brokercheck, adviserinfo and doing a general background check I finally decided to approach Ms. <Y> working for <some major bank>. Back then nothing arouse any suspicion. She had her own website, was active on social media and had her own LinkedIn account that matched the information posted on SEC and <some major bank>. Her IP, phone number and websites were in vicinity of <some major bank's> headquarters. She seemed professional, wrote and spoke impeccably, there was no pressure at all to invest and before transferring the funds, she presented Investment Strategy, contract form and asked me to register on various trading platforms like tradestation, eToro, CoinBase, Cex.io, which was an awfully long and detailed process.
Everything seemed as it should, I got my weekly updates on the stock market, regular contact was maintained and monthly 'profits' were withdrew, until one day I was awaiting for a scheduled phone call to overview the market but it never arrived. It seemed odd. After prolonged search of any evidence of misconduct I have found a trace on twitter that the personalized website Ms. <Y> was using is involved in a scam. Having this information I immediately called <some major bank>, where Ms. <Y> is working to share my finding. The answer I got shocked me, as they were well aware of this fact long before and the person I spoke to surely wasn't Ms. <Y>.
From there I contacted FINRA, where my case was first reviewed, then sent to SEC and CFTC due to lack of jurisdiction. In the meantime I informed law enforcement agencies and got in touch with the press. During the communication period with the reporter I have found out, that there are other SEC regulated brokers with stolen identity, each having their own personalized website, social media accounts and LinkedIn profiles. There were also traces of other criminal activity like fake banking and law firms, illegal pharmaceutical drugs, fake passports and documents and much more.
In the meantime, from the traces left by the scammer I have found that there are at least 20 SEC/FINRA regulated brokers that are impersonated. There are also fake charity organizations, law and banking firms and trading platforms. Not to mention the shady websites containing forged documents, drugs and firearms. I have reported all this to law enforcement agencies, financial regulators or even the banks themselves, where the real brokers are located.
Unfortunately to this day many of the websites are still active, with confirmed victim pool steadily rising.
I have managed to take down some websites, but they reappear under different address.
FINRA transferred my case to SEC and CFTC.
SEC informed me to supply the whistleblower form but after further inquiries I got response that they cannot confirm if the investigation is ongoing or even if it exists.
There is a person on twitter whom I contacted, highlighting this issue as can be seen here:
<redacted>
As for the fake websites, to give a sample:
<redacted>
One of the victims mentions part of this issue here:
<redacted>
The other victim whom I did contact got her pictures stolen, which she mentions here:
<redacted>
Naturally I am in possession of the documentation including correspondence with the impersonator, funds transfer, contract forms, fraudulent websites and appeal forms.
All of the brokers present on the websites are active, visible in SEC/FINRA database (like brokercheck and adviserinfo), work for the banks disclosed on the webpage and are regulated.
The problem is that I have been very cautious and did a great amount of research before concluding that I do speak to the real certified, regulated by SEC/FINRA broker and got caught straight into the scammers hands. They operate using legal banks and exchange platforms, faking government credentials and performing identity thefts, so one cannot even suspect wrongdoing.
I am really concerned about mine and my family's safety, considering the fact that this criminal organization breached (using SEC and FINRA credentials) our personal information data including phone numbers, e-mails, living address, names and identification documents.
Taking into account the continuing ruthless and unrestricted by law enforcement agencies act of this criminal group, I believe it is only a matter of time, when one of the accomplice will be knocking on our family's home doors.
I have not responded to any communication attempt, after figuring out who is calling. I am however uncertain if this course of action won't further upset the perpetrators.
How one should proceed forward in order to keep my family safe?
# I was unable to post with the direct links present (marked as redacted). I will gladly supply them when needed.
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